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Cole Certa's career-high 37 lift Notre Dame over Georgia Tech
Feb 14, 2026; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish forward Carson Towt (33) and guard Logan Imes (2) celebrate against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets during the first half at Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center. Mandatory Credit: Michael Caterina-Imagn Images Sophomore guard Cole Certa set career highs with 37 points and seven 3-pointers on Saturday to help Notre Dame breeze past Georgia Tech for an 89-74 Atlantic Coast Conference victory in South Bend, Ind.
Braeden Shrewsberry added 20 points while Logan Imes had 14 points and nine rebounds for Notre Dame (12-14, 3-10 ACC), which snapped a five-game losing streak. Carson Towt finished with eight points and nine rebounds for the Fighting Irish, who played without star freshman Jalen Haralson (15.5 points per game) due to a sprained ankle.
Kowacie Reeves Jr. scored 16 points to lead Georgia Tech (11-15, 2-11), which dropped its seventh straight game. Baye Ndongo posted 14 points and a game-high 12 rebounds while Jaeden Mustaf chipped in 14 points and Akai Fleming scored 13.
After building a 12-point halftime lead, Notre Dame pushed the margin to 18 with 15:53 to play as Towt’s layup stamped an 8-0 run. The Fighting Irish took their first 20-point lead on Certa’s layup with 13:06 left.
Georgia Tech got its deficit down to 15 on a Mustaf free throw, but Imes’ 3-pointer began a 9-0 spurt to push the lead to 68-44. Fleming’s 3-pointer stopped the bleeding and ended a 4:57 scoreless drought for the Yellow Jackets.
After Fleming made a pair of foul shots to narrow the deficit to 20, Certa’s 3-pointer and subsequent layup gave the Fighting Irish a 78-53 advantage. Georgia Tech finished the game on a 21-11 run in the lopsided affair.
Reeves scored the game’s first basket to give Georgia Tech its only lead. Shrewsberry hit a 3-pointer to hand Notre Dame a 16-10 lead before six straight Yellow Jackets points knotted the score with 11 minutes left in the first half.
Certa drilled consecutive triples to give the Fighting Irish a 29-20 edge with 7:13 remaining. Notre Dame grabbed a 12-point lead on Towt’s layup.
Certa’s hot shooting continued when he drilled his fifth 3-pointer of the half to give Notre Dame a 45-33 halftime lead. Certa scored 21 first-half points while Shrewsberry had 14 for the Fighting Irish, who connected on 11 of 19 3-point tries before halftime. Reeves’ 14 first-half points paced Georgia Tech.
–Field Level Media
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US speed skater Jordan Stolz wins 500m, sets Olympic record
Gold medalist Jordan Stolz of the United States won the gold medal in record time on Saturda in the men’s 500m at the Milan Cortina Olympics. MILAN — American speed skating phenomenon Jordan Stolz once again stole the spotlight on Saturday, rocketing to the men’s 500 meters title at the Winter Olympics and securing his second gold medal of the Milan Cortina Games.
Stolz already had met the towering expectations by winning the men’s 1,000m on Wednesday, the United States’ first speed skating gold of the Games.
On Saturday, he topped a podium completed by Dutchman Jenning de Boo with silver and Canada’s Laurent Dubreuil with bronze.
The 21-year-old Stolz, from Wisconsin, blasted to an Olympic-record time of 33.77, finishing 0.11 seconds clear of de Boo.
Drawn in the 13th of 15 pairs and starting from the inner lane, Stolz powered off the line before unleashing the explosive top-end speed that has become his trademark.
De Boo pushed hard to keep the American within reach, clipping the barrier after crossing the line as Stolz saluted a raucous crowd heavily dominated by Dutch supporters.
Earlier, Dubreuil — racing in the 10th pair — – broke the Olympic record with a time of 34.26, before Stolz shattered it minutes later.
–Reuters, special to Field Level Media
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Report: Kevin Fiala's NHL season likely over after Olympic injury, surgery
Feb 5, 2026; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Los Angeles Kings left wing Kevin Fiala (22) warms up before a game against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images Kevin Fiala underwent surgery on his left leg after being removed from the ice on a stretcher Friday from Switzerland’s preliminary round game in the Milan Cortina Olympics, and ESPN reported Saturday that the injury will likely end his NHL season with the Los Angeles Kings.
The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation announced the surgery on Saturday for Fiala and said he will miss the remainder of the Olympics.
The injury occurred late in the third period of Switzerland’s 5-1 loss to Canada on Friday in a Group A preliminary round game in Milan. Fiala got his legs tangled with Canada’s Tom Wilson with just less than three minutes left in the game. Fiala was unable to get to his feet and medical personnel attended to him after a stoppage in play.
“Obviously it doesn’t look very good,” Switzerland coach Patrick Fischer said after the game. “Tough moment for Kevin and the whole team, obviously.”
Fiala, 29, has recorded 40 points (18 goals, 22 assists) in 56 games this season with the Kings, who reside three points in back of the Anaheim Ducks for the final wild-card spot in the NHL’s Western Conference.
“We need that guy on my team back home, big time,” said Canada defenseman Drew Doughty, who plays for the Kings.
Another Kings’ teammate, Adrian Kempe, also lamented the loss after his Swedish team’s 5-3 win over Slovakia on Saturday.
“It’s really tough for him personally and for us as a team. You know how much he means to our team back home in L.A.,” Kempe said. “It’s just very unfortunate for him that it comes in a tournament like this that we’ve been looking forward to playing in for so long. I feel for him.”
For Fiala’s career, the 2022-23 All-Star has 229 goals and 299 assists across 707 games. He is in his 12th NHL season.
–Field Level Media
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Twisted Minds move to semis at OWCS Pre-Season Bootcamp
A backlit keyboard is part of the gear online video game streamer Jordan Woodruff uses in his Gilbert home.
Jordan Woodruff
Twisted Minds recorded a 3-0 sweep of T1 on Saturday to advance to the semifinals of the Overwatch Champions Series Pre-Season Bootcamp in Seoul.
Twisted Minds posted a 2-0 win on Busan, 1-0 victory on Blizzard World and 3-2 triumph on New Junk City.
They advanced to set up a semifinal encounter on Sunday versus Team Liquid, who posted a 3-1 win over Virtus.pro.
Team Liquid got the early jump on Virtus.pro by securing a 2-0 victory on Lijiang Tower and 1-0 triumph on Eichenwalde. Virtus.pro responded with a 3-0 win on New Junk City before Team Liquid ended the match with a 5-4 victory on Havana.
Sunday’s other semifinal will pit Crazy Racoon versus Team Falcons.
Crazy Raccoon seized a 3-1 win over Team Peps on Saturday. The teams split the first two maps before Crazy Raccoon notched a 3-0 win on Shambali Monastery and a 3-2 victory on Blizzard World.
Team Falcons alternated wins and losses before posting a 3-2 win over Weibo Gaming. Team Falcons recorded a 2-1 victory on Ilios, an 83.98m-53.02m win on Esperanca and 1-0 triumph on Shambali Monastery to offset 2-1 setbacks on Midtown and Havana.
Twelve teams are participating in the $25,000 event that kicks off the 2026 Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS). Teams from North America, the EMEA region, China, Japan and elsewhere in Asia were invited.
The single-elimination bracket saw teams seeded by regional and 2025 World Finals performance. All matches are first-to-three until Sunday’s grand finals, which are first-to-four.
Overwatch Champions Series 2026 Pre-Season Bootcamp prize pool
1. $15,000
2. $5,000
3-4. $2,500
5-8. No money — Team Peps, Weibo Gaming, T1, Virtus.pro
9-12. No money — Disguised, VARREL, Dallas Fuel, All Gamers
–Field Level Media
US speed skater Jordan Stolz wins 500m, sets Olympic record
Report: Kevin Fiala's NHL season likely over after Olympic injury, surgery
